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The Lost Kingdom of Nongtluh (Musical Storybook - Chapter 1)

by Black Phillip, Anonymous, and Elephant

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Black Phillip - The Lost Kingdom of Nongtluh 07:56
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Anonymous - A Shepherd's Ode to Mynsiem U Lumbah (Mountain Spirit) 01:29
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Elephant - River Spirit - a Jha's conversation with Ñiaring 12:47

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Mastering by: Black Phillip
Art by : Sleepless Monk
Compiled by: Kuntil Baruwa

THE LOST KINGDOM OF NONGTLUH is a Musical Storybook inspired by a folklore from the Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya to be released over several parts in 2020, 2021, 2022. . This is Kamakhya Records' first attempt to musically interpret Oral Traditions of Northeast India.
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The Story of Chapter 1 of the Lost Kingdom of Nongtluh:
The Story of Kingdom of Nongtluh would have remained a forever secret. But one day a monolith in the forest started talking to a shepherd from the village in a strange language as if it is from another dimension and he started getting visions.

The first track by Black Phillip is inspired by this encounter of the Shepherd with other worldly beings narrating the story of the Kingdom of Nongtluh to him. The second track is the Shepherd's ode to the Mountain Spirit who is also the keeper of the bones of the dead of all the 5 clans and the third track is a conversation between Ñiaring - the River Spirit and the older sister of Air bound by a covenant to protect and heal the people of Nongtluh afflicted by any of the entities who live inside her - and a Shaman
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STORY OF THE LOST KINGDOM OF NONGTLUH:
Long long ago there was a Kingdom far far away called Nongtluh where 5 clans of farmers coexisted in harmony with nature. The Kingdom was protected by the River Spirit on one side and the Mountain spirit on the other. The King of Nongtluh was considered an enlightened being and was not chosen; rather, he was found from amongst these 5 clans. When a King of Nongtluh died he didn't just die, he transferred his consciousness and re-incarnated by choice. 5 high priests of the 5 clans meditated, 3 on top of the Mountain and 2 beside the River for visions and dreams that guided their search for the next King - a child who could eat crazy amount of rice and bananas, who could climb and jump like a monkey, run fast like a deer, stay underwater like a fish, fly like a bird and hunt like a tiger. In the Kingdom of Nongtluh, it was normal for men and women to fall in love and marry animals, and people who broke the law had their souls taken away to be put inside a stone deep in the forest for it to heal. Every year they had a big 3 day festival of dance, song, and music and the festival ended with 2 daughters chosen from the 5 clans going away to stay with the Mountain and River Spirit. One day, nobody knows why, the King and people from all the 5 clans dumped everything they had in a huge well in the middle of the Kingdom and left Nongtluh never to return, never to be heard of again.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Black Phillip, Anonymous (you know who you are), Elephant, Beyonder (Kapil Bambardekar), Sanathana CinderVOMIT, Bhassam, Herbert Quain, Jagoran Saikia, Psoma, Anthropus da Mata, Xydur, Fat Freddy, H A R ! ,Takoyoki

THE LOST KINGDOM OF NONGTLUH (Chapter 2) will be released on March 2021 which will feature 2 tracks by Beyonder and H A R ! which will narrate the story of the Living Roots and the Sacred Forest of the Lost Kingdom of Nongtluh

All proceeds from sales will go to the Lynti Khasi School of Umsawwar – a small remote village of farmers & shepherds located in Meghalaya, Northeast India- to help better its infrastructure. The Lynti Khasi School, with its bare basic facilities, is trying really hard not only to educate the children of Umsawwar but to also strike a balance between education & the centuries-old traditional livelihood of the community where the children help their parents in the daily chores of rearing and farming.

Thank you Black Phillip, Sleepless Monk (Kapil Bambardekar), Anonymous (you know who you are) and Elephant for making this release possible.

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released December 14, 2020

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